Dina Perez-Neira joins Department of Family and Community Medicine
New UCSF Faculty, March 2009
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Anita Moon-Grady joins Department of Pediatrics
New UCSF Faculty, March 2009
Martin Steinhoff joins Department of Dermatology
New UCSF Faculty, March 2009
Metabolic syndrome linked to women's cognitive impairment risk
Older women with the metabolic syndrome – a constellation of health-risk factors – had a 66 percent increase in risk of developing cognitive impairment compared with women who did not have the syndrome, according to a large study of post-menopausal women led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
National Lesbian Health Summit Brings Together National Thought Leaders
UCSF is hosting the National Lesbian Health Summit, which brings together thought leaders from around the nation to examine issues of lesbian health research, policy and clinical care.
UCSF Neuroscience Graduate Receives Prestigious Weintraub Award
UCSF alumna Kay Tye was selected for a prestigious award, based on her groundbreaking research into the role of a particular brain region in the earliest stages of reward learning.
UCSF's Mandell to Oversee Advocacy Efforts for National Orthopedic Group
Peter Mandell, UCSF assistant clinical professor, has been appointed chair of the Council on Advocacy within the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the world’s largest medical association of musculoskeletal specialists.
UCSF begins clinical trial of incision-free obesity treatment
A team of specialists at UCSF Medical Center has treated its first patients as part of a multi-center clinical study to evaluate an incision-free procedure for the treatment of obesity.
UCSF Team to Devise Strategy for Going After NIH Stimulus Funds
A seven-member stimulus response team will work to identify and coordinate UCSF’s funding needs and strengthen grant applications to position UCSF as an ideal recipient of NIH economic stimulus funds.